ANOTHER MURDER
HICKMAN’ CONFESSES TO .KILL-
IXG CHEMIST
ACC'OAfPLTCE ARRESTED
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29. Hickman, who has confessed to killing .Marion Parker, confessed that he killed lvv Thomas, a chemist, during the robbery of Thomas’' shop on Christmas Eve, 1926. He named Willoughby Hunt, 13, . as an accomplice. Hunt was arrested and confessed to complicity in the crime. Thomas’ widow identified both men —A. and N.Z.C.A.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29. When asked hv a detective if he over had killed anyone besides Marion Parker, Hickman replied: “I killed Ivy Thomas, a Pasadena druggis:, while Willoughby Hunt and myself were holding up his place on Christmas Eve lasi rear."
The police immediately arrested Hunt, who strenuously denied the crime.
Hickman recalled details of the shooting and declared that Hunt was wounded by a policeman while, ficeing from gaol. A physician examined Hunt and found a hnllet scar on his shoulder.
Hunt later confessed, but claimed that Hickman fired the fatal shots.— Sun.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10473, 31 December 1927, Page 9
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161ANOTHER MURDER Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10473, 31 December 1927, Page 9
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